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Opposition leader Allen Chastanet has criticised the Saint Lucia Labour Party (SLP) government for not matching its words with actions.

The former Prime Minister told reporters that the people heard many words leading up to July 26, 2021, general elections which swept labour into government.

But Chastanet declared that the SLP’s actions had not matched its words.

By way of example, he referred to the situation with Minelle.

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Minelle has been a calypso monarch multiple times and recently was the target of a vicious attack that resulted in her hospitalisation.

“My heart really goes out to her. But here is a cultural icon and you would have thought that the government of the day would have done more to help her. So again here it is in opposition words were: ‘Women Power. Represent our own culture and support it’. But here’s an opportunity to be able to do that and they haven’t,” Chastanet declared.

“The list goes on and on,” he asserted.

Chastanet also referred to an ongoing project at Vigie, noting that generally, in a ‘guava season like this’ with so many unemployed individuals, the sidewalks and drains would at least be sub-divided into multiple contracts.

But instead, the former Prime Minister told reporters that someone with a ‘squeaky voice’ got the contract.

He did not go into detail.

Chstanet spoke Tuesday on the sidelines of parliament, where several bills were down for consideration.

He told reporters that all bills are important because they pertain to the country’s governance.

And the United Workers Party (UWP) Leader observed that the bills indicate the government’s direction.

However he said the irony was that the SLP had all the solutions to problems while in opposition.

“And here is it they are in government and I see many money bills – $18 Million for the blue economy, other monies being allocated,” the Micoud South MP observed.

“You would have thought they would have repurposed those monies because the need on the ground right now is dire,” Chastanet told reporters.

“So the income support programmes, programmes to stimulate economic activity on the ground – you would have thought that would have been the priority of this government,” Chastanet stated.

The former Prime Minister declared that he had no idea regarding the direction of the labour administration, but he knew what was happening on the ground.

Headline photo: Allen Chastanet (Stock image)

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Shawayne Deshawn Williams alias ‘Steppy’ is wanted for questioning in connection with serious criminal matters.

The Barbados Police Service is seeking the assistance of the public in locating the 27-year-old.

Williams, whose last known addresses are Main Avenue, Eden Lodge, St Michael and Mahaica Gap, Green Hill, St Michael is approximately 6 feet 1 inch tall, has a brown complexion and a slim build. He has an oval-shaped head, a bulbous nose and small ears, both pierced once.

Williams is advised that he can present himself to the Criminal Investigations Department of the District ‘E’ Police Station, Speightstown, St Peter accompanied by an Attorney-at-Law of his choice.

Any person, who may know the whereabouts of Williams, is asked to contact the Criminal Investigations Department of the Northern Division at telephone number 422-0813 or 419-1737, Police Emergency at 211, Crime Stoppers at 1 800-8477 (TIPS) or the nearest police station.

Members of the public are also reminded that it is a serious offence to harbour or assist wanted persons; any person caught committing this offence can be prosecuted.

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A place where your privilege is none,

A place where your freedom is gone,

A place where your voice is not heard, and family becomes but words.

Such a dark and crazy world where so much is taken and nothing is being done, do you wish to know why? Because this place has no justice, no peace of mind and no rest.

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When I sit and think of this place all I see is animals in a cage. We wallow in our own filth; we eat what we get and instead of togetherness we fight amongst ourselves. Neither animals nor human beings were meant to live this way, but in this crazy place they do.

We press for sincerity in religion, honesty in politics, and fairness for the underprivileged, but still the truth is hidden away.

Many have tried and tried to be delivered from crime, alcoholism, drug addiction and so many perversions and degradations known to man. We have gone through all types of treatment, spiritual counselling, psychiatric care, even medical attention – all have us every single one of them.

The question I leave you to ponder – What shall we do when our lives have been imprisoned?

Can any of you imagine this place or have been to this place just to visit how human beings are stacked up like sardines four to six a pile in a small apartment?

I think each and every one of you knows the answer and will be disgusted. Because for evil to continue to prosper is for good men and women like you to sit and do nothing.

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El juez del Tribunal de Primera Instancia de San Juan, Alfonso Martínez Piovanetti, declaró el martes, inconstitucional el Artículo 86 de la Ley 52 de 2022 sobre Ley Notarial.

“A diferencia de las demás disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 52, no surge del texto del Artículo 86 qué relación, si alguna, tiene la referida enmienda a la Ley Notarial con el “asunto general” o el “objetivo principal” de revisar o atemperar el tratamiento contributivo que reciben ciertas entidades en Puerto Rico. Aún tras realizar una interpretación liberal sobre la constitucionalidad de dicha disposición y hacer todas las inferencias posibles a su favor, no hemos logrado identificar cuál es el nexo racional entre el asunto general referente al tratamiento contributivo de ciertas corporaciones con el nuevo requisito de una tasación, un plano de mensura y un estudio de título para todas las transacciones inmobiliarias en Puerto Rico. Nótese que la aplicabilidad de dicho requisito no se limitó a las transacciones de segregación, agrupación o traslado de bienes inmuebles que realicen dichas entidades foráneas, sino que su alcance es ilimitado y aplica a cualquier escritura para modificar el dominio de un bien inmueble que autorice un notario en nuestra jurisdicción, sin distinción de entidades o personas.

Además, ni tan siquiera se articuló en ninguna parte de la ley si esos requisitos tienen un propósito que se pudiera inferir de algún modo que tendrían algún impacto contributivo o algún otro propósito relacionado con el “asunto general” u “objetivo central” de la Ley Núm. 52. Por consiguiente, y aun cuando el título de la ley menciona someramente que se enmienda el Artículo 11 de la Ley Notarial, entre múltiples enmiendas a otras leyes especiales, ello no es suficiente para satisfacer el requisito constitucional que exige expresamente que toda ley aprobada por la Asamblea Legislativa regule un solo asunto o materia; y que ninguna enmienda a un proyecto de ley cambie su propósito original o incorpore materias extrañas al mismo. Sin duda, se trata de un rider cuyo alcance y contenido es totalmente ajeno al proyecto de ley.

En consecuencia, y según reseñamos detalladamente en la sección anterior, el texto, la historia y la estructura de la Constitución, así como la jurisprudencia interpretativa del Tribunal Supremo, requieren que dicha enmienda se declare nula y se tenga por no puesta por contravenir el proceso legislativo exigido por nuestra Ley Suprema. Ante ello, procede emitir una sentencia declaratoria en virtud de la Regla 59 de Procedimiento Civil, supra.

Por todo lo anterior, se dicta la presente Sentencia mediante la cual se declaran Ha Lugar las solicitudes de sentencia declaratoria presentadas por la Asociación de Abogados de Puerto Rico, el Colegio de Abogados y Abogadas de Puerto Rico, y las partes interventoras. En particular, declaramos que los demandantes e interventores han presentado un caso claro y terminante de violación al requisito constitucional de “una ley, un asunto” que establece la sección 17 del Artículo III de la Constitución del Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico. Como cuestión, de hecho, la enmienda presentada y aprobada por la Asamblea Legislativa que posteriormente se convirtió en el Artículo 86 de la Ley Núm. 52, resultó en que se incorporara una materia totalmente extraña e incongruente al proyecto de ley sobre el tratamiento contributivo a las corporaciones foráneas (PC 1367) y que se cambiara su propósito original, por lo que éste constituye un rider prohibido por nuestro ordenamiento constitucional. En consecuencia, se decreta la inconstitucionalidad y nulidad del Artículo 86 y la enmienda relacionada al Artículo 11 de la Ley Notarial que requería a los notarios incluir en la planilla informativa sobre segregación, agrupación o traslado de bienes inmuebles una tasación, un plano de mensura y un estudio de título. No obstante, en atención a la cláusula de separabilidad que surge del Artículo 88 de la Ley Núm. 52-2022 y la normativa constitucional aplicable, las demás disposiciones de la Ley Núm. 52-2022 permanecen en vigor y continúan teniendo efecto legal por sí solas”, reza la sentencia del juez Martínez Piovanetti.

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